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Iran: Mary Mohammadi released on bail

Iran: Mary Mohammadi released on bail

LAHORE, Pakistan, February 28, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim landowner on Tuesday (Feb. 25) chained and tortured a young Christian man after accusing him of “polluting” his tube-well water by rinsing in it, sources said. Saleem Masih, 22, had finished unloading...

Family of 11 Homeless for Leaving Islam in Eastern Uganda

Family of 11 Homeless for Leaving Islam in Eastern Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 27, 2020 (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church in eastern Uganda faces a dilemma after receiving threatening messages from Muslim villagers last week. A large family is staying at his church site after Islamist threats for leaving Islam...

Iran: Appeal hearing for Iranian Christians

Iran: Appeal hearing for Iranian Christians

JOS, Nigeria, February 26, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Nearly six years after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a high school in northeastern Nigeria, the Chibok area in Borno state is under threat of “annihilation” from the rebel group and the Islamic State in West...

Iran: Mary Mohammadi abused and facing criminal charges

Iran: Mary Mohammadi abused and facing criminal charges

February 21, 2020 (Morning Star News) – In a West African country that now ranks 28th on Open Doors’ 50 most dangerous countries for Christians after not appearing on the list the previous year, suspected jihadists killed 24 Christians during a church service on...

Iran: Christian prisoner requests prayer

Iran: Christian prisoner requests prayer

LAHORE, Pakistan, February 12, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A high court ruling in Pakistan validating the marriage and forced conversion to Islam of a 14-year-old Christian girl has heightened fears that it will encourage others to commit such crimes, sources said. The...

Iran: Early release for three Christian converts

Iran: Early release for three Christian converts

HYDERABAD, India, February 4, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in southern India who beat Christian children during worship on Jan. 19 and then filed a police complaint against the congregation left them with a warning. “If we hear that you stepped out of...

Israel: Messianic congregation harassed

Israel: Messianic congregation harassed

JOS, Nigeria, January 30, 2020 (Morning Star News) – At least 32 people were killed and a pastor’s house and church building were burned down in two nights of attacks this week by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Church of Christ in...

Iran: Concerns about arrested Christian convert

Iran: Concerns about arrested Christian convert

HYDERABAD, India, January 24, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Before Pastor Jai Singh appeared before a judge in northern India and was jailed on false charges of luring people to convert, Hindu extremists had dragged him from house worship to a school where groups of six...

Church Buildings Burned Down in Southeastern Sudan

Church Buildings Burned Down in Southeastern Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan, January 23, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Temporary worship structures in southeastern Sudan were set ablaze on Jan. 16, three weeks after the buildings they had replaced were burned down, sources said. In southeastern Sudan’s Blue Nile state,...

Iran: Christian convert receives three year prison sentence

Iran: Christian convert receives three year prison sentence

JOS, Nigeria, January 23, 2020 (Morning Star News ) – Islamic State-affiliated terrorists have executed a Christian university student kidnapped earlier this month in northeast Nigeria, sources said. In a video that Site Intelligence Group reported was released on the...

Two Young Christian Women Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Two Young Christian Women Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria, January 21, 2020 (Morning Star News) – The Rev. Lawan Andimi had a treasured life – loving family, an affectionate congregation, respect from his colleagues. The kidnapped district chairman of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) in Michika...

Algeria: Another church closed by government

Algeria: Another church closed by government

JOS, Nigeria, January 15, 2020 (Morning Star News) – More than 200 Muslim Fulani herdsmen have attacked predominantly Christian villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria since Jan. 6, killing at least 35 people and kidnapping 58 others, including a mother and her...